Health News of the Day

Health News of the Day is a daily summary made from the selected links I post on Twitter. It is in a bullet points format with links to the original sources which include 350 RSS feeds that produce about 2,500 items per day.

• Age-related mental decline starts in the late-20s, dips in memory became apparent around age 37. Indicators of a person's accumulated knowledge (vocabulary and general knowledge) improve with age. Mental functions - abstract reasoning, mental speed and puzzle-solving - started to dull as early as age 27 http://bit.ly/vMq3i
  
  
• Animal allergy cases are increasing, as are human allergy cases: Ten percent of dogs develop allergies http://bit.ly/LwrHR
  
  
• Subarachnoid hemorrhage (often fatal type of stroke) most common in winter, mortality of 50 percent http://bit.ly/PDNCX
  
  
• Which prescription drugs are the biggest spenders on consumer advertising? Advair, Plavix, Cymbalta, Ambien, Abilify http://bit.ly/XTQhU
  
  
• Germany first country to implement a nationwide colonoscopy screening, participation rates 30% for men, 40% for women http://bit.ly/41rYQ
  
  
• CNN headline of the day: "Prostate cancer screening: What's a dude to do?" http://bit.ly/5vtaS
  
  
• Study: Women say they are more likely to have a long-term relationship with guys who present themselves as funny. "Computer rage" - shouting at your computer and hitting the keyboard/mouse - has become a common expression of anger" http://bit.ly/2y1pEt
  
  
• Growing suspicion that CAD in CKD/ESRD patients may occur via a different mechanism than garden-variety atherosclerosis http://bit.ly/ebQbr

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